Terrified Romanian family’s narrow escape after race hate arson attack on home BelfastTelegraph.co.uk A Romanian family have spoken of their lucky escape after they battled to extinguish a fire lit under their door in a hate crime in east Belfast. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/terrified-romanian-familys-narrow-escape-after-race-hate-arson-attack-on-home-37512411.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/article37512410.ece/05cde/AUTOCROP/h342/2018-11-10_new_45618561_I2.JPG Email A Romanian family have spoken of their lucky escape after they battled to extinguish a fire lit under their door in a hate crime in east Belfast. Florentina Lacatus (26), her husband Alin (24) and their children Adrian Florin (6) and four-year-old Lacrinuioara had their Hyndford Street home targeted during the early hours of yesterday. Just after midnight a flammable liquid was poured through their letterbox, which was then set alight. Speaking to the Belfast Telegraph through relative Anna-Marie Lacatus, they gave a terrifying account of their ordeal. Ms Lacatus explained: “They were upstairs and somebody, I don’t know who it is, but they set the door on fire. “It started the alarm and the wife came back from upstairs and saw fire on the door. All the door was on fire. “My friend, she put water on the fire from the inside (of the house).” She added that the family believed that they had been targeted because they are Romanian. Ms Lacatus, who has lived in Belfast since September 2017, claimed her own house had been subjected to an attack last month, which had left visible marks on the property. “I don’t know who it is or what is their problem or why they do it,”… [Read full story]